A PE4life Summit is coming your way!
We are branching out from the walls of the gymnasium to provide a day of exciting presentations that will benefit your Comprehensive School Physical Activity Program. This event is designed for physical education teachers and classroom teachers, providing sessions that will help integrate activity throughout the day, regardless of setting.
PE4life Summit
Kinesthetic Learning 4 All!
June 14th, 2012
8:30am – 2:30pm
Northview Middle School
1302 North Ankeny Boulevard
Ankeny, Iowa 50023
REGISTER HERE
The Kinesthetic Classroom: Teaching and Learning through Movement
We are proud to introduce Mike Kuczala, author of “The Kinesthetic Classroom: Teaching and Learning through Movement,” as a featured speaker.
Mike’s highly interactive session will enliven your K-12 classroom and content through the use of dynamic movement. Participants will discover a six-level framework for using movement with a purpose, including preparing the brain, providing brain breaks, supporting exercise and fitness, developing class cohesion, reviewing content, and teaching content. The session will fully explore the connections between fitness and cognition, implicit learning and academic success, state and classroom management, and why movement enhances the learning Read Mike Kuczala's full biography.
Featuring additional kinesthetic learning presentations from Ann Gri n, Grant Wood Area Education Agency and 2004 National Adapted PE Teacher of the Year; and a group of educators from Norwalk School District: Charity Campbell, PE
Teacher and 2012 Iowa Teacher of the Year, Christie Beving, 6th grade English teacher, and Melissa Stoulil, Health teacher.
Additional sessions on Adventure Education, Assessment, Technology Use in PE and Adapted PE will be offered, as well as lunchtime speaker, Helen Eddy of the Healthiest State Initiative. DOWNLOAD SCHEDULE HERE.
Registration is $20 per person
Lunch and T-Shirt are included
Each attendee will receive a copy of Mike Kuczala’s book:
“The Kinesthetic Classroom: Teaching and Learning through Movement”
Register online by June 11th
REGISTER HERE
Download flier here.
Be sure to pass this along to classroom teachers, physical educators, health educators and administrators!
Funding for this event is made possible by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and by the United Way of Central Iowa.